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Ok, been some confusion on what is what here so to help clear the air for us here goes!
Definition time:
ANNUAL - an annual is a plant that performs their entire life cycle from seed to flower to seed within ONE growing season. THE ENTIRE plant dies annually and only the dormant seed bridges the gap to a new generation of that plant in the following year and the next. Good examples of these are marigolds, petunias, allysum...
PERENNIALS - THESE ARE PLANTS THAT PERSIST ON GROWING FOR MANY SEASONS! The tops of the plants will die back each winter and then regrows in the following spring from the same root system. Example: yarrow, daisys... Many perennials do keep their leaves year round making for a good ground cover or border plant. Blooms occur typically in these types of plants in the second year and then each year after.
BIENNIALS - THESE ARE PLANTS THAT REQUIRE 2 YEARS to complete there life cycle. Usually in the first season plants like these will form a "rosette" of leaves, then in the second season the stems come, they flower and set seed then the entire plant dies. Sweet William, dianthus acts this way.
ANNUAL/PERENNIAL - is a plant that can behave either way depending on the climate and geoghraphic conditions. For an example, a Black Eyed Susan would behave as an annual if grown say in Louisanna, but if grown in Ohio it would behave as a perennial.
Ok, one for the road...
TENDER PERENNIALS - plants that act like annuals based on climate and geographic locale that might be considered a perennial elsewhere...Snapdragons for instance. They might not survive a harse winter season and elsewhere could come back year after year from the plant.
OK, now I got a question...if there is a vast difference of each , why is there only a forum for Perennials and one for Annuals and not all?
Ooooh Dave! LOL!
SO...OK, guys there ya go... talk to Dave about them!
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